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Overseas based volunteer donates to David Rose School

Jan 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Overseas based volunteer donates to David Rose School

…importance of volunteerism is amplified Aimed at helping to advance the work of the teachers at the David Rose School for the Handicapped, a donation valued at some US$1,400 was recently...

Former AG Misapplies Doctrine of Check on Abuse of Discretion

Jan 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Former AG Misapplies Doctrine of Check on Abuse of Discretion

By Vivian Williams (Continued from Sunday) Ignoring the non-justiciable nature of the controversy, former President Bharrat Jagdeo declared that the matter should be decided by the Caribbean Court of...

Govt getting tough on hinterland waterways ‘free for all’

Jan 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt getting tough on hinterland waterways ‘free for all’

Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes, will be pushing for the full enforcement of regulations guiding travel on waterways. Last week, the Minister was forced to call a...

The AFC election results: A brief analysis

Jan 31, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

The Democrats must be still in shock. Someone like Trump won the elections because they were too blind to see that what people expected of them they didn’t deliver. The mistakes the Democrats made...

Improved road safety measures for Soesdyke/Linden Highway

Jan 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Improved road safety measures for Soesdyke/Linden Highway

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure plans to place safety markings along the Soesdyke/ Linden Highway. Last year and already for this year, there have been a number of fatal accidents along the...

GTT employees donate to Palms residents to mark 26th anniversary

Jan 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GTT employees donate to Palms residents to mark 26th anniversary

Employees of GTT last week donated more than $1M in care items to the residents of the Palms. Almetra Reis, Customer Service Representative, who spoke on behalf of GTT employees at the presentation...

Dangerous precedents

Jan 31, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Dangerous precedents

Unless otherwise expressly stated in the law, the power of the President, or indeed for that matter any Minister, to appoint someone, does not carry with it an automatic right to remove that person....

Obsolete Act hinders work of standards body

Jan 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Obsolete Act hinders work of standards body

…fee for non-compliance is $500 The work of the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) continues to be hindered by an Act that has not been reviewed for over 15 years. According to GNBS...

2016 WAS NOT THAT BAD AFTER ALL

Jan 31, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on 2016 WAS NOT THAT BAD AFTER ALL

No matter how one slices it, the year 2016 will go down as another challenging one for Guyana. The country had to grapple with problems of the economy, high unemployment, health care, education,...

Trio in court for theft, narcotics

Jan 31, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Trio in court for theft, narcotics

Three persons were arraigned before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, for simple larceny and trafficking in narcotics. Monica Braithwaite, 28, of Arakaka, North...

Sarah Johanna murder accused found not guilty

Jan 31, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Sarah Johanna murder accused found not guilty

Seven years after he was charged with fatally stabbing a man at Sarah Johanna, East Bank Demerara, Antonio Jaisingh, was yesterday acquitted of murder. He walked free after a mixed jury found him not...

Venezuelan remanded for illegal entry

Jan 31, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Venezuelan remanded for illegal entry

A hysterical Yanelda Vellada, a Venezuelan national, was remanded to prison for illegally entering Guyana. The 21-year-old woman who said she came to Guyana to work was arraigned before Chief...

Ex-prison officer remanded to jail

Jan 31, 2017 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Ex-prison officer remanded to jail

Police are most disgruntled with the advice to release two of the three persons nabbed with over 14 pounds of marijuana. Acting on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution the police were...

This is one person who should not be a policeman

Jan 31, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is one person who should not be a policeman

Dear Editor, I would appreciate if you would grant me space in your newspaper to publish this letter since I believe that taxpaying, law-abiding senior citizens should not be subjected to police...

The cause(s) of crime in Guyana

Jan 31, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The cause(s) of crime in Guyana

Dear Editor, President Granger on the 7th October 2016 pointed to his government’s determination to identify the cause of crime as it seeks to formulate its strategy for eliminating or reducing...

ALTERNATIVE HOUSING FOR SQUATTERS NEEDS EVALUATION

Jan 31, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on ALTERNATIVE HOUSING FOR SQUATTERS NEEDS EVALUATION

Dear Editor, The great efforts by Minister Valerie Patterson to provide alternative housing to squatters must be commended. This is the correct direction as opposed to the legalization of haphazard,...

Guyanese cricketers are not giving a hundred percent

Jan 31, 2017 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, I tried to follow Guyana’s cricket, hoping they do well. We, in New York, do not have the capability to watch all the games. We check on scores as we get them on newspaper frequently....

This decision by GuySuco boggles the mind

Jan 31, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This decision by GuySuco boggles the mind

Dear Editor, I read with much hilarity, a news item on GuySuco that appeared in Kaieteur News, January 26, 2017 edition “GuySuco to meet today on production targets as first crop starts”. In...

Does this road have a “jumbie” that is “brukking” it up?

Jan 31, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Does this road have a “jumbie” that is “brukking” it up?

Dear Editor, The Agriculture Road in Mon Repos runs for about two miles, and its condition is nothing short of terrible, which is ridiculous. This road leads to GSA, NAREI, the GSA stock farm, GLDA...

Does the overseer have total power of the Rosignol-Zeelust NDC?

Jan 31, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Does the overseer have total power of the Rosignol-Zeelust NDC?

Dear Editor, Please permit me a space to air my concern. I want to know if the overseer of the ROSIGNOL- ZEELUST NDC is above the board. The reason for this is because there are numerous complaints...

Our Industrial safety environment is very poor

Jan 31, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our Industrial safety environment is very poor

Dear Editor, I have written in the past on the matter of safety on industrial and domestic premises. It would appear that we in this country like playing with danger. The recent Robb Street fire is a...

Political correctness was the priority on voting at the AFC conference

Jan 31, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Political correctness was the priority on voting at the AFC conference

Dear Editor, There is a lot that has been said about the new leader of the AFC. .. Firstly, the PPP is the majority and if an election is called now the PPP will win a majority, due to the...

Hydar Ally’s Marxist-Leninist PPP didn’t elevate poor Guyanese

Jan 31, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hydar Ally’s Marxist-Leninist PPP didn’t elevate poor Guyanese

Dear Editor, We refer to the letter by Mr. Hyder Ally published in the Stabroek News of 25 January 2017. In that letter he appeared to reaffirm the Marist-Leninist ideology of the PPP, by invoking...

The sports bar at Pouderoyen is a thriving legal business

Jan 31, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The sports bar at Pouderoyen is a thriving legal business

Dear Editor, We reply to an article dated January 28, 2017 under the caption, “Loud Music may have caused the death of an elderly man.” This letter which professes to come from angry and...

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The illusion of compliance

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- A company can meet the letter of the law. It can tick every box, hit every target. Yet,... more